Items in this email:
1) Next meeting this Wednesday
2) Brief Sea of Hands update
3) 'Witnesses for Wik' public gallery presence details
4) New local ANTaR web site
5) Still looking for one truck and one ute
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1) NEXT SEA OF HANDS MEETING: Wed 19th, at 6:30pm in the Studio Room, 1st Floor
Griffin Centre, Bunda St Civic (the Studio Room is right up the Braddon end
of the building). All welcome.
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2) Sea of Hands update:
The SOH will be held on the lower lawn in between the two Parliament
Houses. The main rally will be between 12 and 1.30 on Tuesday 25th. Some of
the speakers attending include Sir Ronald Wilson, Camilla Cowley and Mick
Dodson. We still need people to put up posters and distribute leaflets. The
glossy posters are ready, as are a number of the ribbons which are
available at the CAA office. We will also be getting some more of the very
popular postcards by the end of the week.
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3) Witnesses for Wik: public gallery presence
Witnesses for Wik!
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation -ANTaR invites you to come
along to the Parliament House public galleries on Tuesday 25 November
through to Thursday 27 November. Come and show your support for native
title and reconciliation in Australia by being a witness to the debates on
the amendments to the Native Title Act. Get a group together and come along!
Senate Sittings:
The Senate will probably sit:
Monday 12.30pm - 11.00pm
Tuesday 2.00pm - 11.00pm
Wednesday 9.30am - 8.00pm
Thursday 9.30am - 6.00pm.
Question Time in the Senate is between 2.00pm and 3.00pm.
Dress code!
Wear clothes in the Aboriginal colours of red, yellow and black, or in the
Torres Strait Island colours of green, blue and white to show your support.
ANTaR also has Aboriginal ribbons or and 'Let's stick up for Wik' armbands
available from the Community Aid Abroad Office in the Griffin Centre, Bunda
St Civic. Alternatively, make your own ribbons: three strips of ribbon in
red, yellow, black, put together, fold over at the middle, staple/sew together
at the middle and pass a small safety pin through the loop.
Parking:
Underground car parking, open 24-hours a day, is available below the
Parliament House public entrance area. Wheelchair parking and lifts from
the carpark are available also. Wheelchair access and toilets are available
throughout Parliament House including the Senate chamber.
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4) Check out the new local ANTaR web site at:
http://www.antar.org.au/act
The site is still under construction but is functional and should soon be
linked up to other Antar web sites in Sydney and Brisbane.
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5) One small truck and one ute are required for the day of the Sea of Hands
on the 25th. Anyone who could make one available or knows of someone else
who might please let us know asap. Thanks.
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ANTaR ACT Contact Details:
Community Aid Abroad 6257 4472 (bh), or
Cate Buchanan 6257 4225 (w), 6247 0164 (h)
e-mail:
antaract@interline.com.au
website:
http://www.antar.org.au/act (ACT)
http://www.antar.org.au/ (national)
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
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